Archive for May, 2008

‘I DID have weight-loss surgery,’ admits slimmed down Fern Britton - Daily Mail

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

‘I DID have weight-loss surgery,’ admits slimmed down Fern Britton - Daily Mail
For weeks her nipped-in waist and slender jawline have been the focus of This Morning fans. But now Fern Britton has sensationally revealed she has had weightloss surgery - just days after her representative claimed her new slim figure was down to a

Mansfield woman credits God, prayer for dramatic weight loss - Mansfield News Journal
MANSFIELD — There was no easy way out for Marie Mounts: No diet pills, no surgery. “God and lots of prayer is what helped me lose the weight,” the 50-year-old Mansfield woman said. “I have no willpower.” Mounts described herself as “always being on

Michael St. John’s Confidential File - Canyon News
HELLO AMERICA ! Let us make it very clear that MARIAH CAREY has officially lashed out against rumors claiming her slim and toned new body is the final product of extensive surgery. According to an article from San Francisco Chronicle , Mariah made a

Britton admits to stomach surgery - BBC Entertainment
The star, who is married to celebrity chef Phil Vickery, has shed three stone over the last couple of years. It had previously been reported that cycling, walking a family dog and eating less were the drivers behind the weight loss. “As I know, many

Weight-loss surgery: What it costs, how to qualify - Los Angeles Times
The most extreme solution to morbid obesity costs a pretty penny. The cost of weight-loss surgery ranges from about $17,000 for stomach-banding surgery, to about $35,000 for gastric bypass surgery. If there are complications, add thousands more. But

Biggest Losers Drop 1,624 Pounds - First Coast News

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Biggest Losers Drop 1,624 Pounds - First Coast News
JACKSONVILLE, FL — “I am here to tell you I would have died without it,” Clara Painter says about her gastric bypass surgery. Clara had the operation almost six years ago. She went from 350 pounds to 140. Her husband had gastric bypass, too. Dewey

COCKS IN A FROCK ON THREE ROCKS! by Beverly Buttercup - Sydney Star Observer
It’s that time of year again when all the Pricilla’s head to the mountains and enjoy the company of the three sisters over the Queens Birthday long weekend. The Blue Mountains lights up with all the campness of Christmas as homos and dykes take

The New You Internet Radio Show Welcomes Obesity Action Coalition’s - PR.com
This year’s Walk From Obesity - Walk on the Capitol is a history-making event designed to raise awareness of the rising epidemic of obesity. Joseph Nadglowski, Jr., executive director of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

August 2005 - Spokane Spokesman-Review
The thread’s open, lasses and laddies (ED. Note: What’s a Portuguese doing trying to sound like a Scot? Knock it off) here Mason White, age 4, daughter of Laura and Michael White/Sandpoint, took time out to pose next to the replica of the Statue

New weight loss surgery - WHEC TV-10

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

New weight loss surgery - WHEC TV-10
Thousands of people have weight loss surgery each year. This can mean massive weight loss, but the surgery doesn’t come without risks. News 10NBC has the latest on an investigational approach that’s helping patients shed pounds a whole lot safer

REMINDER: ORLive Presents: Experts Discuss Lap Band ® and - Market Wire
MARSHFIELD, WI–(Marketwire - May 29, 2008) - Bariatric surgery will be featured on the eighth webcast sponsored by Saint Joseph’s Hospital and Marshfield Clinic. It is set for 4-5 p.m. Thursday, May 29. During the webcast, Marshfield Clinic

Incisionless procedure to reduce weight regain - Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
Every year more than 100,000 U.S. patients undergo gastric bypass surgery for the treatment of obesity. Experience now shows approximately 20 percent of these patients will regain weight within a few years after the surgery, due to the stretching of